Sašo Jereb (born 20 January 1983 in Žiri) is a Slovenian judoka, who competed in the men's lightweight category. He represented his nation Slovenia at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and also held five Slovenian championship titles to his career hardware in the 73-kg division. Throughout his sporting career, Jereb trained full-time for the Olympic Judo Club () in Ljubljana.

Jereb qualified for the Slovenian squad, as a lone male judoka, in the men's lightweight class (73 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by placing seventh and receiving a berth from the European Championships in Bucharest, Romania. He lost his opening match to Iranian judoka Hamed Malekmohammadi, who successfully scored an ippon and an uchi mata gaeshi (inner thigh counter), at three minutes and twenty-eight seconds.

Sašo Jereb

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1983 births

Living people

Slovenian male judoka

Olympic judoka for Slovenia

Judoka at the 2004 Summer Olympics

People from Žiri

21st-century Slovenian people

Sašo Jereb